05 Aug 1904
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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1904
Page
1
Local notices from Diller Nebraska include garden advice and a monogram plea for rain. Invitations for a grove picnic with the Fairbury band are extended, and residents discuss land registration at Rosebud. Memorials mention Measles illness and prior travel to Fairbury. Rejections and business ads mingle with insurance sales and corn remedies.
The Burkneton offers $8.75 to St Louis and back with tickets valid in coaches and chair cars seats free. On sale Fridays and Thursdays during August and September. See C. W. Scorr, Ticket Agent, for full particulars.
A former butcher in Diller expresses gratitude for patrons in the area and recommends the Diller Bros. as competent successors. The note thanks customers for liberal patronage and announces the business sale.
An old advertisement touts Dr Kings New Life Pills as a cure for unbearable pain from taxed organs including dizziness backache liver complaint and constipation. It claims the pills end the suffering and are sold for 75e by Spear Drug Co with a guarantee.
Local items list social events and sales at Neelys Pharmacy and Nelsons. Notices mention building work by C W Townemaker and sidewalk fixes before picnic day. Various ads promote furniture, sewing machines, and Cascarets laxative product with regional names and moves.
A short ad touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as essential for minor injuries and burns. Misses Anna Steiner and Nellie Sears return from a three month western states trip to Whatcom Washington noting pleasant visits and a lost Sunday hat during travel.
The Fairbury Journal notes the B and M railroad may shift service by building from Diller to Fairbury on a short route and cutting Diller to Thompson, using Rock Island from Fairbury to Thompson. A goal is to place B and M trains on the Republican Valley line into Fairbury and remove problematic sections including Endicott hill and low ground west of Endicott where crossings over the Blue River and Rose Creek occur.
Diller area notes report visits from Beatrice and Arvada residents and upcoming events. Neelys Pharmacy advertises Liquid Soaps and Monogramme Cigars with a push to buy Patton’s paints. Local churches serve picnic meals with modest prices and several residents travel to St Louis Exposition and Alma for family visits.
Jd. Le Damp announces taking the agency for C. W. Shinn lightning rods praised as the best. He invites inquiries from owners seeking rod installation for homes or barns.
One fare plus 2 dollars for a round trip to many points in Ohio Indiana and Kentucky. Tickets valid September 6 13 20 27 and October 11 with final limit thirty days good via St Louis and for stopover at the Exposition. See L W Wakeley General Passenger Agent Omaha or W Scott Ticket Agent for full particulars.
Miss Ora Zook, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Zook, was taken to Lincoln for surgery on Tuesday for appendicitis. By Wednesday morning peritonitis was discovered. Dr Powell and the mother were present. procedure was completed with Mrs. Zook assisting. She is reported to be progressing nicely.
A health notice promotes Electric Bitters as a preventive tonic against self destructive acts. It claims nerves and body strength are built, digestion and liver and kidney function improved. The ad urges trial at 50 cents with guaranteed satisfaction through Spear Drug Co.
The Burlington announces low round trip fares across the nation for August and September. Destinations include St Louis, Chicago, Boston, California, Portland, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and many midwest and western points. Special summer limits apply with stopovers and through tickets available by inquiry.
An elderly patient describes a stubborn abscess fight with two physicians in PuPont Ga. He credits Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption with a quick recovery and health gain. The ad touts the cough cold and lung remedy priced at 50 cents and 1 dollar with trial bottles free. Artificial stone sidewalks planned in Diller with contracts to Lincoln parties for banks and residences and a street crossing between bank buildings to be added after the picnic.
An old advertisement notes many suffer continual strain from financial or family troubles causing nerves and bodily distress. It claims Green's August Flower restores liver and kidney function, relieves symptoms like constipation and insomnia, and improves vitality. Trial bottle 25c, regular size 75c, at Neely's Pharmacy.
Notice states Henry C Thomas filed August 3 1904 with the Village Clerk of Diller Jefferson County Nebraska to sell malt spirituous and vinous liquors for the municipal year ending April 30 1905 on Lot 3 Block 6 in the original town of Diller Henry Eaton Village Clerk
An advertisement extols a piano dealer who offers the Kimball and Chickering brands among many others. The note promises high quality tone and volume with superior singing quality, asserting the seller represents leading makes and delivers fair prices.
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